After a 20 hour train ride from Huang Shan we arrived in Guilin at what we thought was the main train station.  After bout 30 minutes of looking around for our hostel, which was supposed to be directly across the … Continue reading →

Since we couldn’t get a train our of Huangshan for another day, we took the bus out to an “historic village” called Hongcun. It’s in an area called Yixian country and part of a collection of little villages that are … Continue reading →

One of the things I’d hoped to do in China was climb one of the sacred peaks. Unfortunately, the ones near anyplace we would be were in the north. And since it was already snowing and in the 20’s in … Continue reading →

Wow. Even though I had no idea what to expect in Shanghai, it wasn’t anything like it. It was loud. It was dirty. It smelled bad. It tasted good. It was Chinese. It was foreign. It was crowded. It was … Continue reading →

Our remaining time in Beijing, between taking care of the visa and going to Xi’an and Pingyao, was spent seeing more of the sites. There aren’t many stories to tell, so here are some photos with expanded captions instead.